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Collection Number: 01918

Collection Title: William Kirtland Douglas Papers, 1775-1898

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Size 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 400 items)
Abstract Native of Connecticut, Episcopal minister in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and educator. Personal and family papers of Douglas and of his wife, Sarah (Tucker) Douglas, of Natchez, Miss., before and after their marriage in 1857. Correspondents were members of both families, scattered over a wide geographical range, including Connecticut, New Jersey, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Illinois, and attending several schools and colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the 1840s and the College of William and Mary in the 1850s. There are papers relating to the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Louisiana, Tennessee, and especially in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Miss., where Douglas served as minister, 1871-1881, operated the Bishop Green Training School and Associate Mission, and edited the diocesan monthly. Correspondents include Bishop William Mercer Green, Oscar Kibbe, Leonidas Polk, and David Ker. Volumes include pocket diaries, 1855 and 1857, of Douglas in Connecticut and Waterproof, La., respectively; an album about student life at the University of Mississippi, circa 1860; and notes made on ocean crossings to and from Europe in 1897, including comments on the weather, social activities, and fellow passengers.
Creator Douglas, William Kirtland, 1830-1898.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William Kirtland Douglas Papers, #1918, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Acquired 1951
Additional Descriptive Resources
Original finding aid is filed in folder 1a.
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2010

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William Kirtland Douglas was born in New Haven, Conn. in 1830. Ordained in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut in 1853, Douglas moved to Waterproof, La. in 1856. He had parishes in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and from 1870-1881 he ran a training school for boys in Dry Grove, Miss. in addition to his pastoral work.

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Personal and family papers of Douglas and of his wife, Sarah (Tucker) Douglas, of Natchez, Miss., before and after their marriage in 1857. Correspondents were members of both families, scattered over a wide geographical range, including Connecticut, New Jersey, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Illinois, and attending several schools and colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the 1840s and the College of William and Mary in the 1850s. There are papers relating to the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Louisiana, Tennessee, and especially in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Miss., where Douglas served as minister, 1871-1881, operated the Bishop Green Training School and Associate Mission, and edited the diocesan monthly. Correspondents include Bishop William Mercer Green, Oscar Kibbe, Leonidas Polk, and David Ker. Volumes include pocket diaries, 1855 and 1857, of Douglas in Connecticut and Waterproof, La., respectively; an album about student life at the University of Mississippi, circa 1860; and notes made on ocean crossings to and from Europe in 1897, including comments on the weather, social activities, and fellow passengers.

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Contents list

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Folder 1a

Original finding aid

Folder 1

1775, 1831, 1845-1849

Reel 1

1837-1859 and undated

Microfilm only. Correspondence between members of the Douglas and Tucker families.

Folder 2

1850-1851

Folder 3

1852-1854

Folder 4

1855-1857

Folder 5

1858-1859

Folder 6

1860-1869

Folder 7

1870-1872

Folder 8

1873-1874

Folder 9

1875-1876

Folder 10

1877-1880

Includes a letter from S. J. Gilmore advising against transporting poor people, white or Black, to Kansas or other new territories.

Folder 11

1881-1884

Folder 12

1885-1894, 1898

Folder 13

Undated letters

Folder 14

Undated letters

Folder 15

Undated letter fragments

Folder 16

Undated miscellaneous papers

Folder 17

Volume 1: William K. Douglas pocket diary, 1855

Contains brief notations regarding services held, weather conditions, cash accounts, calls made, and other miscellaneous topics.

Folder 18

Volume 2: William K. Douglas pocket diary, 1857

Contains brief notes about services, calls, letters, and personal activities.

Folder 19

Volume 3: University of Mississippi album, circa 1860

Contains photographs of campus buildings, professors, and students, including Oscar Kibbe and Paschal Tucker. The front flyleaf bears the inscriptions " 'All Civil War Soldiers' of the South-land" and "Miss Henrietta Kibbe's book--1862."

Folder 20

Volume 4: William K. Douglas travel journal, 1897

Contains notes made while crossing the ocean to and from Europe. Notes deal with weather conditions, social activities, and comments on other passengers.

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